> Unfortunately in Germany that’s not true.

It is. There is no other law about cookies.

    This shall not prevent any technical storage or access for the sole purpose 
    of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic 
    communications network, or as strictly necessary in order for the provider 
    of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or 
    user to provide the service.

English version of the response from the EU court:

https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=21...

Part of this case at the german 'Bundesgerichtshof'.

https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung...